Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gossypol

/ɡɑs.ɪˌpɔl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: gossy-pol
IPA: /ɡɑs.ɪˌpɔl/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) + English -ol.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡɑs.ɪˌpɔl/
British English: /ɡɒs.ɪ.pɒl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

gossypols (plural)

Derived Forms

hemigossypol

Questions

How do you pronounce gossypol?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɑs.ɪˌpɔl/.
What does gossypol mean?: Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant.
Where does gossypol come from?: From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) + English -ol.

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